RUIN, v. To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.

Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

MUSTANG, n. An indocile horse of the western plains. In English society, the American wife of an English nobleman.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.